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Israel's Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg speaks at a climate conference in Tel Aviv on April 6, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israeli government approves country’s first climate bill

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Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday approved the country’s first climate protection bill, which aims to shift the country towards a zero-emissions economy by 2050. The draft legislation, which was submitted by the Environmental...
The aftermath of major fire which broke out in the Jerusalem area on Aug. 16, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israeli Cabinet approves $21 million assistance plan for Jerusalem hills fire damage

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The Israeli Cabinet on Monday approved a 70 million shekel ($21 million) rehabilitation plan to deal with the damage caused by the wildfires that devastated the Jerusalem hills two weeks ago. The lion’s share (60 million shekels,...
A docked ship in Eilat, April 12, 2018. Photo by Menachem Lederman/Flash90.

Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry delays UAE pipeline deal

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Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry froze an oil pipeline proposal with the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, pending further review. Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg said she would push for a government debate regarding the...
A beach in Tel Aviv, on March 4, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel declares most beaches restored following massive oil spill

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Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry on Wednesday announced the lifting of the state of emergency declared last month due to a massive oil spill off the country’s Mediterranean coast. Intensive clean-up efforts have restored 82 percent of the country’s...
Israelis clean tar off the Bat Yam beach following an offshore oil spill that drenched most of the Israeli coastline, March 2, 2021. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israelis rally to clean tar spill and avert future environmental crises

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Why did 1,200 tons of sticky tar begin washing up on Israel’s Mediterranean beaches on Feb. 17? The answer is not yet clear. However, experts say that no matter what caused Israel’s worst environmental disaster, it should...
The “Minerva Helen” oil tanker, at the terminal of Dunkirk, France. Credit: Remi Jouan via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel rules out Greek tanker as suspect in Mediterranean oil spill

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The Greek tanker Minerva Helen was not the source of the tons of toxic tar that washed up on Israel’s shores last weekend, Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry announced on Sunday. A team led by the ministry and including representatives...
Israeli volunteers clean tar off the Gan Or beach, following an offshore oil spill. Feb. 22, 2021. Photo by Flash90.

In wake of tar spill, Israel’s Health Ministry bans sale of fish from Mediterranean

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Israel’s Health Ministry on Wednesday announced a temporary ban on the sale of fish from the Mediterranean Sea, due to the massive tar spill last weekend along the country’s shores. Although so far, there is no indication...
Israelis stand around a 17-meter-long fin whale washed ashore on the Nitzanim beach near Ashkelon, Feb. 19, 2021. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Toxic tar spill ‘one of the worst ecological disasters in Israel’s history’

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Tons of toxic tar washed ashore along Israel’s entire Mediterranean coastline over the weekend in what Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority is calling the episode “one of the most serious ecological disasters” in the...
A view of the water cooling towers at the Haifa oil refinery on June 12, 2020, after one of them collapsed. Photo by Meir Vaknin/Flash90.

In wake of Beirut explosion, Israeli scientists urge closure of Haifa petrochemical facilities

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The explosion in Beirut on Tuesday that killed at least 100 people and injured thousands, revived concern among residents of the greater Haifa area that a similar fate could befall them if the petrochemical...